When it comes to eggs, dietary cholesterol and heart health, what you think you know may be a bit scrambled. Concerns over dietary cholesterol and its impact on heart disease keeps many people from eating eggs, despite their nutritional benefits. However, more than 40 years of research shows healthy adults can enjoy an egg every [...]
For many with seasonal allergies, the start of spring means itchy eyes and a runny nose, but for the almost 25 million Americans suffering with asthma, the season can be much more threatening. In fact, according to a recent survey, Asthma Insights and Management, conducted by the national public research organization Abt SRBI Inc., 21 [...]
Pharmacies, doctors’ offices and walk-in clinics – you have more opportunities than ever before to get that all-important annual flu shot. But if you’ll be getting yours somewhere other than the doctor’s office, you might wonder just who is giving you that shot and what that person’s qualifications are. As an experienced registered nurse and [...]
Health care reform has expanded access to health care insurance coverage to more than 30 million new patients beginning in 2014, stretching the resources of health care facilities nationwide. Meanwhile, the introduction of new regulations and technological innovations, as well as the rapid adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), have added new layers to an [...]
It’s common knowledge that an inactive and sedentary lifestyle is a sure way to trim years off your life. However, only recently has research been able to confirm that your job is a silent killer, assuming you’re sitting at a desk for much of the day. And although many of us try to squeeze in [...]
You’ve vowed to get fit with the start of each New Year. This year don’t. Why not? First, because resolutions don’t work. Second, because fitness isn’t something you start, it’s something you live. Stop starting. Start living. Here’s how: * Don’t wait. Leave the December binge/January purge cycle behind. If you tend to blow off [...]
School nurses are urging parents to vaccinate their preteens and teens against meningococcal disease, a rare but potentially life-threatening bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and take a child’s life in just a single day. Cases of meningococcal disease begin to peak during the late-winter and early-spring months, so now is a perfect time to [...]
The holidays can be difficult for people watching their diet. For those with health issues such as diabetes, the dietary minefield of holiday temptations can be especially troublesome. In the United States, 8.3 percent of the population (nearly 26 million adults and children) has diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. For these people, the [...]
The holidays are a time for celebration, gift-giving and visiting with family and friends. Travel wisely this winter to ensure that you do not bring any unwanted visitors, such as bed bugs, back home with you. Once thought to be a thing of the past, bed bug populations have increased by approximately 500 percent in [...]
Your period comes at the same time every month – except when it doesn’t and you’re not pregnant. Millions of women wonder why it doesn’t always run like clockwork … and when to see a doctor. Truth is, there’s nothing fun about getting your period. Still, when it arrives on time a lot of women [...]
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